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Bengal observes ‘Nirmal Bangla Abhiyan’ on Independence Day

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All the elected representatives of the party, welfare groups and clubs in various parts of the State took up a cleanliness drive on August 15, 2015 as per the instructions of West Bengal Chief Minister. This Independence Day became special as Bengal observed Nirmal Bangla Abhiyan.

On Monday, before leaving for a 4-day visit to Delhi, the West Bengal Chief Minister had said that the cleanliness drive will be taken up between 11 AM and 12 Noon on August 15 in every corners of the State.

“West Bengal had embarked on the ‘Nirmal Bangla Abhiyan’ three years ago and we were the first ones in the country having undertaken such a campaign,” Ms Banerjee had said.

Incidentally, on a list of 476 cities ranked for cleanliness under the Swachch Bharat mission, West Bengal has done well with 25 in the top 100. Halisahar is among India’s top 10 cleanest cities.

Cleanliness drive across Bengal on Independence Day: WB CM

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West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Chairperson Ms Mamata Banerjee has instructed all the elected representatives of the party and welfare groups and clubs to take up a cleanliness drive on August 15, 2015. The District Magistrates in every districts of the State has been instructed to oversee the process being carried out successfully.

On Monday, before leaving for a 4-day visit to Delhi, the West Bengal Chief Minister said that the cleanliness drive will be taken up between 11 AM and 12 Noon in every corners of the State.

“West Bengal had embarked on the ‘Nirmal Bangla Abhiyan’ three years ago and we were the first ones in the country having undertaken such a campaign,” Ms Banerjee said when asked to comment on the PM’s ambitious countrywide cleanliness project, which has attracted global attention.

On a list of 476 cities ranked for cleanliness under the Swachch Bharat mission, West Bengal has done well with 25 in the top 100. Halisahar is among India’s top 10 cleanest cities.

KMC: The road ahead, promises to keep

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Kolkata Municipal Corporation in keeping with WB CM Ms Mamata Banerjee’s dream of greener and cleaner Kolkata has brought remarkable changes in every sphere  to provide better services to the citizens.

While various beautification projects are visible and appreciated, infrastructural facilities have also been upgraded.

 

In the forthcoming months KMC wishes to undertake the following projects:

  1.   Installation of CCTV cameras, in successive stages, at important locations along the roads and in the markets in the city keeping in mind the safety of the ordinary citizens
  2.   Setting up call centres at various points across the city, where taxpayers may register their grievances, and also where they would get to know about the latest initiatives of KMC
  3.   Modern compactor system to completely replace the age-old vat system for collection of garbage. This is a very crucial step in making Kolkata a garbage-free city
  4.   Continuing afforestation programmes with greater thrust to create more and more pollution-free areas across the city
  5.   Employing mobile apps to make municipal services more user-friendly
  6.   Using solar power to light up the 300 parks in Kolkata
  7.   Constructing foot overbridges with escalators at the busier points in the city, like Deshapriya Park, Ballygunge Phari, Ballygunge Siksha Sadan and South City

 

For city slums

  1. Over the next five years KMC wishes to bring slum-dwellers under the ambit of various social security schemes and giving them entrepreneurial training would make them financially independent besides, organising continuous awareness camps for slum-dwellers for their overall socio-economic development.
  2. The way Hatgachia-1 slum in Ward 58 has been made a ‘Model Slum’, wherever similar geographical affinity exists, such slums would be developed as Model Slums.
  3. The fire hazard surveys in slums undertaken by officers of Kolkata Municipal Corporation and the relaying of electrical wires hanging dangerously over various slums are to be continued with renewed vigour.
  4. The underground drainage systems in slums would be developed.
  5. Like being done now, the Slums Department of Kolkata Municipal Corporation would continue to build pay-and-use toilets and community centres for members of minority communities, as per residents’ demands and recommendations of the people’s representatives.

 

Projects to be undertaken by the Health Department:

  1. At present there are five dengue diagnostics centres in five Boroughs. In addition, ten centres will be constructed in rest of the Boroughs under National Health Mission scheme.
  2. Health Centres in three wards have been brought under National Urban Health Mission. 87 more wards (a total of 90 wards) will be brought under the scheme.
  3. Each Borough and later each ward will have integrated laboratories fitted with the Public Health Centres for conducting  examination of urine, stool, serum, cholesterol, blood urea, serum creatinine, serum bilirubin, serum uric acid SGPT etc.
  4. Mobile clinics will be set up to serve the poor and very sick patients at their doorsteps.
  5. Modern waiting room will be constructed in Nimtala Ghat and other crematoriums for the family of the deceased.
  6. Under National Urban Health Mission, a Community Health Centre with a capacity of 100 beds will be set up.
  7. Modernisation of Mosquito Research Centre will be expedited so that mosquito breeding and identification of mosquitoes can be done at a greater speed.
  8. In all wards to destroy mosquito larvae, provisions for Gappi fish cultivation have been made.
  9. At present in various canals we are using 20 row-boats to destroy the Culex mosquito larvae. 8 row-boats will be used for this purpose.

 

The Engineering Department wishes to fulfill the following promises in the near future:

  1. According to necessity  there  will  be  more  development  and  construction  work which will be done for sanitation and drainage systems from Borough XI ­ XV
  2. The construction of remaining parts of the new roadway system will be started in Borough XI ­ XV
  3. All country roads of the new Wards 142, 143 and 144 will be concretised
  4. More development and beautification will be done in all main roads of the city
  5. More development and repair work will be taken up in all footpaths in the city
  6. Sanitary and drainage systems to be set up where they are not present as of yet
  7. Measures taken to build new roads and footpaths
  8. Rest of the ghats of Hooghly river bank is planned to be renovated
  9. Foot bridges for the pedestrians will be constructed on main road junctions of the city
  10. Expansion of Kashi Mitra  crematorium,  Cossipore Burning Ghat  and  Birjunala crematorium is planned to be expanded
  11. Construction  of  the  300  feet  long  ‘Single  Span  Steel  Bridge’  at  Babughat  for walking  has  been  taken  up.  With  the  help  of  this  bridge  the  people  can  walk across from Princep Ghat to Armenian Ghat
  12. Expansion of Hooghly bank will be done
  13. Expansion of Matri Sadan at Kidderpore will be initiated
  14. An annexe office building will be constructed at Chaplin Square
  15. More ward health centres will be constructed under National Health Mission
  16. 400 slaughter houses with one modern slaughter house for goats only is to be constructed at Rabindra Sarani
  17. Community halls will be constructed in wards which presently have none
  18. Railing on the edges of main roads are to be beautified
  19. Leveling  of roads  are  to  be  undertaken  in  north Kolkata where road  levels  are higher than that of the houses
  20. Diversification of Boroughs will be done for giving better and faster services
  21. Hindu and Muslim crematoriums are to be further developed
  22. More ‘night shelters’ will be constructed for street dwellers
  23. Primary municipal corporation  schools  will  be  set  up  with  more  facilities  and provided with further opportunities
  24. More parks will be constructed for roadside beautification and a greener city
  25. More road dividers  and  plantations  will  be  done  for  increasing  the  speed  of vehicles on main roads
  26. More beautification will be done at all main road junctions and islands in the city